Against the odds, Chris Stricklin and Joel Neeb are survivors. Chris ejected from the F‐16 he was piloting during a Thunderbirds airshow; Joel was diagnosed with a rare and often fatal cancer. Both men wanted something good to come from their experiences, and together they wrote Survivor’s Obligation: Navigating an Intentional Life, to be released Oct. 1, 2019, from Elva Resa Publishing.

Paul Dillon, illustrator of N is for Never Forget: POW-MIA A to Z, presented copies of the book to Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and other dignitaries on POW-MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 19, 2019. N is for Never Forget was written by Nancy Polette.